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Paul Beaufait

EducationHQ Australia - Language is the passport to personal mobility, opportunity and ... - 0 views

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  • English actually trails Chinese and Spanish as the third most commonly spoken language in the world, just ahead of Bengali, Hindi and Arabic. In 1950 about 9 per cent of the world’s population spoke English as their first language. That figure is now about 5.6 per cent.
  • While the proportion increases significantly when you add speakers of English as a second or third language, we’re still left with around 70-80 per cent of humanity not speaking English. Being a monolingual English-speaker places you firmly in humanity’s minority group.
  • The view that ‘English is enough’ fails to acknowledge that being bilingual or multilingual is an increasingly necessary passport to personal mobility, opportunity and prosperity, particularly in knowledge and services based economies where the ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across borders is a prized skill-set.
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  • Julie Bishop got it right in 2011 when she suggested language learning could be a "brilliant form of soft diplomacy", strengthening our capacity to work collaboratively in an increasingly interdependent and volatile world.
  • The number of students who discontinue languages study when they have discretion over that decision is very high. The reasons for attrition are complex and varied, but the perception among students that studying a language represents a low value proposition is one of most potent determining factors.
  • Paul Beaufait on 16 Dec 15
     
    Mullane, Kurt. (2015.12.09). Language is the passport to personal mobility, opportunity and prosperity.
Paul Beaufait

Joan Tronto - Ethics of care - 0 views

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  • An ethic of care is an approach to personal, social, moral, and political life that starts from the reality that all human beings need and receive care and give care to others.
  • Paul Beaufait on 15 Nov 17
     
    "An ethic of care is an approach to personal, social, moral, and political life that starts from the reality that all human beings need and receive care and give care to others" (How would you define ethics of care? ¶1).
Paul Beaufait

English as a second language in universities | The Nation - 0 views

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    "Not only inside the university but after graduating when it comes to career options[,] the knowledge and fluency of English can be very helpful. Every professional job needs a good usage of English. To engage in international trade activities, to develop technical skills required in modern industries and for many other opportunities in developing the personal career, need the usage of English" (¶13, 2015.08.19).
Paul Beaufait

Personal Web searching in the age of semantic capitalism: Diagnosing the mechanisms of ... - 0 views

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Google personalization research search engines semantic capitalism

shared by Paul Beaufait on 29 Jan 19 - No Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 29 Jan 19
     
    "Our findings contribute to an improved understanding of the effects personalisation has and proposes several lines of interpretation of the quantitative data. Based on this, we conclude that more research is urgently needed to develop a wider understanding of the social and cultural implications of personalisation of Web search in people's everyday life (Introduction, ¶6).
Paul Beaufait

English proficiency the way forward - BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Da... - 0 views

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  • the competency that a person possesses and his confidence in communicating in the language does not happen overnight. Similarly it cannot be evaluated with just one exam or course
  • Paul Beaufait on 18 Sep 14
     
    This Sept. 14, 2014, article announced a national requirement for public university students in Malaysia to demonstrate proficiency in English before they graduate.
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How the internet flips elections and alters our thoughts | Aeon Essays - 0 views

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Google personalization research search engines semantic capitalism

shared by Paul Beaufait on 29 Jan 19 - No Cached
  • randomised, controlled experiments tell us over and over again that when higher-ranked items connect with web pages that favour one candidate, this has a dramatic impact on the opinions of undecided voters, in large part for the simple reason that people tend to click only on higher-ranked items. This is truly scary
  • search engines are influencing far more than what people buy and whom they vote for. We now have evidence suggesting that on virtually all issues where people are initially undecided, search rankings are impacting almost every decision that people make
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